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Ms. G. from VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Need Great Books To Create Take Home Lap Books for Pre-K

My students need great books like Corduroy, The Pokey Puppy, Good Night Moon and 32 other Classic children's stories for me to read aloud and make LAP books to take home.

  • $355 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Reading aloud to preschoolers is an important building block in teaching children to read. Reading aloud builds skills like vocabulary recognition, comprehension, and print awareness. It also provides children with a model of expressive, fluent reading and helps them develop a love of books.

Providing an opportunity for my students to develop a love of reading is so important to me and I need your help to bring classic preschool books to my classroom.

Hi, I am a veteran special education teacher who is now working with special needs preschool and kindergarten students. I serve the sweetest little children who are diagnosed with disabilities that include Developmental Delays, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disabilities, and Other Health Impairments. Since I just became their teacher I want to do everything I can to set up an awesome classroom read aloud library that serves all their needs. I hope I can count on your help.

My Project

My students need great books like Corduroy, The Pokey Puppy, Good Night Moon and 32 other Classic Children's stories for me to read aloud. These books will help us to create a Lap Book to take home and share with friends and family. LAP books help children review what they learned from that story. Lap books are file folders in which the student stores paper manipulatives that are customized to emphasize the subject of the book. The book and lessons are designed with simplicity in mind. The lessons will gently help my students grow academically, yet still be enjoyable. These classic books and accompanying LAP books are a perfect introduction to literature-based unit studies for my young special needs students.

Won't you help me bring classic early childhood books and literature to my classroom and my students.

These books have LAP books created to reinforce early childhood literacy skills at home. Won't you help me create this home to school connection with my special needs preschool and Kindergarten students.

Ms. G.
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo Eric Carle • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Pat a Cake Annie Kubler • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Angus Lost Marjorie Flack, Marjorie Flack (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman, P. D. Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Big Green Pocketbook Candice F. Ransom, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Caps for Sale (Reading Rainbow Book Series) Esphyr Slobodkina, Esphyr Slobodkina (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Carrot Seed Ruth Krauss, Crockett Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Corduroy Don Freeman • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Goodnight Moon (Board Book and Bunny) Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?: Chunky Board Book Nancy White Carlstrom, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Katy No-Pocket Emmy Payne, H. A. Rey (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Little Rabbit Judy Dunn • Barnes and Noble $2.77 1 $2.77
The Mitten Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm Joy Cowley, Elizabeth Fuller (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathmann, Peggy Rathmann (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Over In The Meadow (Scholastic Hands-on Learning Series) Cecily Kaiser • Barnes and Noble $9.39 1 $9.39
Play with Me Marie Hall Ets, Marie Hall Ets (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
A Pocket for Corduroy Don Freeman, Don Freeman (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.25 1 $10.25
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Three Little Kittens Paul Galdone, Paul Galdone (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Three Little Kittens Laura Ferraro Close (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Trains Gail Gibbons • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
The Little Engine That Could (Sandy Creek Edition) Watty Piper • Barnes and Noble $8.85 1 $8.85
The Wheels on the Bus Charles Reasoner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Book and Toy Gift Set Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Feathers for Lunch Lois Ehlert • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Good Night, Gorilla (Lap Edition) Peggy Rathmann, Peggy Rathmann (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.88 1 $8.88
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb Al Perkins, Eric Gurney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
The Napping House Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $21.88 1 $21.88
Owl Babies: Board Book and Soft Toy Gift Set Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson, Patrick Benson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.56 1 $9.56
A Pocket for Corduroy Don Freeman, Don Freeman (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
The Poky Little Puppy Janette Sebring Lowrey, Gustaf Tenggren (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
I'm as Quick as a Cricket Audrey Wood, Don Wood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$262.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$301.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.24

Total project goal

$354.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $354.96

7 Donors

-$353.20

Donations toward project cost

-$301.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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